+1, I am surprised that Chuck forgot such thing ;) how we will do to ask for delay? Rafik 2010/1/28 William Drake <[log in to unmask]> > Anyone sure as to how we want to play this? If not I assume we can not > approve the exception and get mroe time discuss in SG, although I gather > that messes up the external time table... > > On Jan 28, 2010, at 1:56 AM, Mary Wong wrote: > > All, a new motion that just came in - regarding how to fill Seat #13 on the > Board. > > I've not had a chance to review the documents, but wanted to get it out to > everyone before the Council meets in, oh, 10 hours :( > > Thanks and cheers > Mary > > *Mary W S Wong* > Professor of Law & Chair, Graduate IP Programs > Franklin Pierce Law Center > Two White Street > Concord, NH 03301 > USA > Email: [log in to unmask] > Phone: 1-603-513-5143 > Webpage: http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php > Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) > at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584 > > > >>> > *From: * "Gomes, Chuck" <[log in to unmask]> *To:* < > [log in to unmask]> *Date: * 1/27/2010 7:50 PM *Subject: * [council] > Motion to Approve Procedures for Board Seat #13 > The following two documents are attached for consideration in our Council > meeting tomorrow, 28 January 2010: > 1. MOTION TO APPROVE PROCEDURES FOR THE 2010 ELECTION OF BOARD SEAT > 13 > 2. A redlined revised version of ‘GNSO Operating Procedures’ > containing procedures for election of an ICANN Board Director to fill seat > #13. > > I am hereby making the motion referenced in item 1 above. > > I apologise for the last minute nature of this motion and for the fact that > it misses the 8-day deadline for motions stated in the GNSO Operating > Procedures. Because of the lateness, we will have to approve an exception > to the 8-day requirement before we may act on the motion. > > Unfortunately, the task of filling seat #13 was missed until just a few > days ago and I take responsibility for that. Thanks to Glen for catching > it. As you can see in the motion itself, the ICANN Bylaws require very > quick action on this election and hence give us very little time to act. > We just consulted with the General Council’s Office today and learned that > a 21-day comment period is needed for approval of the Procedures. Margie > kindly wrote the motion in a way that allows us to move forward quickly and > meet the Bylaws requirements if the Council approves the motion. > > Please forward this motion to your Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies > right away. I understand that there will be inadequate time to obtain > feedback, but I believe that the proposed procedure is non-controversial and > consistent with the intent of the Bylaws changes approved last year allowing > for the Contracted Party House to elect the Director for seat #13. There > will be opportunity to discuss this in our meeting. > > Thanks for your understanding and cooperation on this. Please ask any > questions you have and make comments if you like. > > Chuck Gomes > <MOTION TO APPROVE PROCEDURES FOR THE 2010 ELECTION OF BOARD SEAT 13 > (2).doc><Operating Procedures for GNSO Council Proposed 28 Jan 2010 > (Redline).doc> > > > *********************************************************** > William J. Drake > Senior Associate > Centre for International Governance > Graduate Institute of International and > Development Studies > Geneva, Switzerland > [log in to unmask] > www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html > *********************************************************** > > >